Running a JPanel Form
I am beginner in java. I created a JPanel form in java (NetBeans). then, i defined some actions such as mathematical calculations. When i ran my project, i did not get any error, but i could not see the JPanel form in the running time. because i did not define jform in main class. how can i define JPanel form in main class to show me JPanel form in running time.
public class NewJPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
public NewJPanel() {
initComponents();
}
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {
jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jLabel2 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jLabel3 = new javax.swing.JLabel();
jTextField1 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jTextField2 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jTextField3 = new javax.swing.JTextField();
jButton1 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton2 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton3 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton4 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jButton5 = new javax.swing.JButton();
jLabel1.setText("First Number:");
jLabel2.setText("Second Number:");
jLabel3.setText("Result:");
jButton1.setText("Add");
jButton1.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton1ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
jButton2.setText("Subtract");
jButton2.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton2ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
jButton3.setText("Multiply");
jButton3.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton3ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
jButton4.setText("Divide");
jButton4.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton4ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
jButton5.setText("Clear");
jButton5.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jButton5ActionPerformed(evt);
}
});
javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(this);
this.setLayout(layout);
layout.setHorizontalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(66, 66, 66)
.addComponent(jButton1)
.addGap(45, 45, 45)
.addComponent(jButton2)
.addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED, 69, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addComponent(jButton3)
.addGap(27, 27, 27))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(39, 39, 39)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addComponent(jLabel2)
.addComponent(jLabel3))
.addGap(88, 88, 88)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING, false)
.addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 77, Short.MAX_VALUE)
.addComponent(jTextField2)
.addComponent(jTextField3)))
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(120, 120, 120)
.addComponent(jButton4)
.addGap(45, 45, 45)
.addComponent(jButton5)))
.addContainerGap(javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
layout.setVerticalGroup(
layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
.addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
.addGap(39, 39, 39)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel1)
.addComponent(jTextField1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel2)
.addComponent(jTextField2, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jLabel3)
.addComponent(jTextField3, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, javax.swing.GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE))
.addGap(34, 34, 34)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jButton1)
.addComponent(jButton2)
.addComponent(jButton3))
.addGap(18, 18, 18)
.addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
.addComponent(jButton4)
.addComponent(jButton5))
.addContainerGap(67, Short.MAX_VALUE))
);
}// </editor-fold>
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
double num1, num2, result;
num1 = Double.parseDouble(jTextField1.getText());
num2 = Double.parseDouble(jTextField2.getText());
result = num1 + num2;
jTextField3.setText(String.valueOf(result));
}
private void jButton2ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
double num1, num2, result;
num1 = Double.parseDouble(jTextField1.getText());
num2 = Double.parseDouble(jTextField2.getText());
result = num1 - num2;
jTextField3.setText(String.valueOf(result));
}
private void jButton3ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
double num1,num2, result;
num1 = Double.parseDouble(jTextField3.getText());
num2 = Double.parseDouble(jTextField2.getText());
result = num1*num2;
jTextField3.setText(String.valueOf(result));
}
private void jButton4ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
double num1, num2, result;
num1 = Double.parseDouble(jTextField1.getText());
num2 = Double.parseDouble(jTextField2.getText());
result = num1 / num2;
}
private void jButton5ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
jTextField1.setText("");
jTextField2.setText("");
jTextField3.setText("");
}
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private javax.swing.JButton jButton1;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton2;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton3;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton4;
private javax.swing.JButton jButton5;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel2;
private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel3;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField1;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField2;
private javax.swing.JTextField jTextField3;
// End of variables declaration
}
Answer
JPanel is not a runnable class without a top-level container like JFrame and you need a main method. Instead of creating JPanel form, you should have created a JFrame form that has a main method auto-generated for you. It looks like you are using Netbeans GUI Builder. Just open a new JFrame form. And you can just add the JPanel form to the JFrame form.
With NetBeans desing view, you can just drag and drop your JPanel form to you JFrame form, as seen here
Also to explicitly specify the Main class of a project, see here